• Adobe After Effects

  Waves classic style animation

  Posted by Glen Perez on April 30, 2012 at 9:01 am

  hello guys, im trying to look for references and tutorials for an animation i have to do. The waves need to be formed and animated using a classical style, and have lots of movement, also if the animation is parametric better.
  i need to find references and tutorials on something like this. thanks in avance.

  https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/23/olas.jpg/
  https://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9236/wavesz.jpg

  Roland R. kahlenberg replied 14 years ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  John Cuevas

  April 30, 2012 at 1:12 pm

  If you don’t need to make them and just need them, you can buy them for a reasonable price at Video CoPilot

  Johnny Cuevas, Editor
  Thinkck.com

  “I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
  —THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.
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  Glen Perez

  April 30, 2012 at 2:20 pm

  they need to be as the reference i posted here… cant use the andrew kramer ones..
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  Roland R. kahlenberg

  April 30, 2012 at 3:34 pm

  For the designs, Photoshop or another imaging application should get you better results.

  Ensure that the designs are about 50% larger than the final delivery rez. This will allow you to move the objects about in z-space without any of their edges getting cutoff.

  Place your layers in AE make them 3D layers and then spread them out in z-space.

  For movement, try the following Expressions –

  1) Expression for position –
  // Start Expression
  MoveIt = wiggle(.5,25);
  [value[0], MoveIt[1],value[2]]
  //End Expression

  The Expression will provide an organic movement along the y-axis (ie up and down movements). Apply the Expression to each layer and RAM Preview. Make adjustments to the wiggle values to suit your taste.

  You may also want to apply an organic element to the z-rotation values. Use the following Expression –
  wiggle(.5,5)

  HTH
  RoRK

  Intensive AE & Mocha Training in Singapore and Malaysia
  Adobe ACE/ACI (version 7) & Imagineer Systems Inc Approved Mocha Trainer
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  Glen Perez

  May 1, 2012 at 3:13 pm

  Excuse me, the expression is not correct, error in line 3
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  Roland R. kahlenberg

  May 1, 2012 at 3:37 pm

  1) You need to apply the Expression to the Position Property of a 3D layer

  Cheers
  RoRK

  Intensive AE & Mocha Training in Singapore and Malaysia
  Adobe ACE/ACI (version 7) & Imagineer Systems Inc Approved Mocha Trainer

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